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Abstract

Attitudes towards EU competition policy.
Topics: attitude towards selected statements regarding competition between companies: allows for better consumer prices, for more choice for consumers, and for higher quality, encourages innovation and economic growth; experiences regarding a lack of competition in the following sectors resulting in higher prices, a reduction in choice, or lower quality: telecommunication and internet access, energy, financial services, transport services, food retailing, pharmaceutical products, others, none; main problems in the mentioned sectors; preferred point of contact in case of encountering the aforementioned problems: national competition authority, other authorities in the own country, consumer organisations in the own country, police, court, European Commission; awareness of issues with regard to competition policies in the media in the last year; sources of the information; assessment of the impact of competition on consumers; awareness of competition-related decisions against a company taken by a competition authority; awareness of the executing authority.
Demography: age; sex; nationality; age at end of education; occupation; professional position; region; type of community; own a mobile phone and fixed (landline) phone; household composition and household size.
Additionally coded was: respondent ID; type of phone line; nation group; weighting factor.

Errata & Versions

Further Remarks

Number of Units:

26549

Number of Variables:

251

Analysis System(s):

SPSS, Stata

Publications

Publications

European Commision: Flash Eurobarometer 403. Citizens’ Perception about Competition Policy. Conducted by TNS Political & Social at the request of the European Commission, Directorate-General for Competition. Survey co-ordinated by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Communication (DG COMM “Strategy, Corporate Communication Actions and Eurobarometer” Unit). Brussels, March 2015. DOI: 10.2763/941795

Groups

EB - Flash Eurobarometer
The Flash Eurobarometer were launched by the European Commission in the late eighties, turning out a Monthly Monitor between in 1994 and 1995. These “small scale” surveys are conducted in all EU member states at times, occasionally reducing or enlarging the scope of countries as a function of specific topics. The typical sample size is 500-1000 respondents per country and interviews are usually conducted by phone in the respective national language. The Flash Eurobarometer include series on special topics (Common Currency, EU Enlargement, Information Society, Entrepreneurship, Innovation) as well as special target group polls, particularly company managers with enterprise related topics.